The episode
opens as Frankie is reading over the draft of her father’s speech for a young voter’s
conference. The siblings are chuckling at all the teen lingo peppered in and if
you didn’t see any prior episodes you’d think they were a pretty normal family
in the moment. Miles Sr comments that he should fire his assistant and hire
Frankie. Said assistant shows up and in talking about current events the
degrassi nude scandal comes up…daddy Hollingsworth is shocked and appalled.
Miles tells Frankie she may have their father fooled but not him…he knows that
she was a part of Degrassi nudes and she needs to find a scapegoat before it
ruins their dad’s campaign.
WHATEVER
IT TAKES
Frankie
and Winston are walking past cheerleaders getting questioned by the police.
Winston says he bets Frankie’s happy the girls are getting their comeuppance however
Frankie is ghostly white she says she’s nervous about the assembly but she’s
really worried about the scandal. They
go to class and the teacher says it will be a study hall instead of a lab
because of the questioning. Shay and Lola say they played dumb and are sorry
they let Zoe bully Frankie…Frankie then suggest they turn on Zoe and tell the
cops she forced them to do it.
The
parents are talking to Simpson and the student government about the scandal…Clare
says if they canceled events due to rumors there would be no victory…then Mrs.
Baker turns around and slut shames Clare for being with child
Tiny and
Zig both play at getting the girls number.
Frankie
and the squad tell Zoe that she should take all the blame so the team has a
shot at nationals…she says okay… if the squad wants to force blame on one
person that’s fine by her.
Clare is
freaking out telling Alli and Jenna she was hoping to make it to graduation
with a low profile and not be judged like some trashy teen mom like Jenna had
been…no offence. Simpson then asks to speak to Clare and Clare apologizes to
him about the meeting and admits to him that she really is with child. He tells
her about how Christine was a teen mom and she turned out fine. Clare needs to
go for her dreams despite outsiders thoughts.
Winston
gives Frankie the nametags for the voter summit before showing her an article
on Face range saying that SHE not ZOE was the one behind it all. Frankie
wonders if it was the one blackmailing the team however Winston says it wasn’t
and admits that HE was the one that was sending those Pretty Little Liars esque
messages to the other girls to try and help put an end to things. Frankie says he’s a dumb boy not a hero and
things wouldn’t have blown up if he didn’t meddle.
More of
the Zig flirting with the cheerleader subplot. She tells him it’s nice that the
guys are so classy unlike the girls who are sending nudes for money and begins
to slut shame Zoe…Zig defends his crush blowing his chances at getting the
girls number.
Zoe tells
Frankie that she wanted one person to get the blame and now one person will. If
it gets out that she did it all the drama of her rape will come to the surface
and it will get ugly while Frankie’s parents will just bail her out with media
spin. Life just isn’t fair.
Then we
get Claire’s creepy nightmare scene… I tried to repress this let’s just say she’s
picturing herself barefoot and pregnant, with two other children and married to
SIMPSON….
Yeesh
Miles
Senior is giving his summit at the school thanking Frankie for organizing the
event…meanwhile Frankie is trying to get Hunter to hack into face range to take
Zoe’s post down… it would take too long and Hunter says she should just tell
his father. At this same time, at the Q & A portion a woman asks how he can
control the city when he can’t control his kid…he asks what Miles did however
the lady points out Frankie and the scandal…again dad is shocked and Hunter tells
her now she has zero options.
Zig tells
the girls and Tiny how he lost and Maya teases how Zig still loves Zoe…all is
not lost…well it is lost for the boys as Grace got her number…Maya didn’t know
she was gay (sidebar I REALLY wish TIIC made Grace Bisexual) Grace says she’s
not she just wanted to see the boys in miniskirts and hands them the uniforms.
Clare
wants to talk to her mother about her education and brings up her nightmare…she
can’t put off her education…her due date isn’t until December (it’s sometime
post spring break in the time line at this point) and she’s not talking about
Columbia…she’s thinking about taking journalism at a more local university that
way her friends and family can babysit. Helen agrees to the compromise.
There are
three days left of the campaign and Miles Senior’s assistant is working with
him and Frankie with damage control. Frankie admits to being involved in
sending just ONE nude though she wasn’t the mastermind. Daddy is pissed that
his little girl did that and tells her she needs to go to the press and admit
to everything and hope it blows over by the weekend.
Zig and
Tiny do their little cheer and Zoe asks if he’s mocking her. Zig says he’s not
and if she didn’t give him the cold shoulder she’d know he was a nice guy and
he asks if he can spectate…she says yes.
Frankie
is MIA and not on the steps giving a statement. She’s with Winston breaking
down telling him she’s sorry and he was right the world is unfair and she wants
to make Zoe pay.
TBC…
Part Two
opens at the cheer competition. It’s 9am on a Saturday and Clare is pretty
chipper due to her talk with her mother about deferring a semester and going to
a local school the following spring. Ali brings up the nagging question of what
if Eli finds out the truth? What will his say in the matter be if he comes in
with a grand gesture to win her back.
Zoe is
all excited because they are so close to winning regionals. Shay asks if she
made the page and Zoe said it was a means to an end and that she was only doing
what she needed to protect them after all Frankie is rich she can take care of
herself. Zoe hands the girls new bows purchased with the last of their blood
money and is ready to cheer
I KNOW I
CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
Miles is
playing a video game and Hunter asks if he saw Frankie…she’s allegedly at their
grandparents and soon the two brothers argue about Frankie and their dad….Miles
eggs him on and Miles Senior breaks barware and Hunter gets a front row seat
for their fathers rage.
Imogen is
so excited to watch Jack cheer and invites Eli to join her however Eli wants to
be nowhere near Clare and besides he works till five and is wanting to work on
his foam art skills. Imogen lets it slip that she overheard Ali and Jenna
talking in the washroom saying Eli is the baby daddy of Clare’s spawn causing
him to run out of the Dot.
Miles
tells mama Hollingsworth how their dad hit him and tossed a mug in Hunter’s
general direction. Mom and Hunter brush
things off and Miles is none too pleased.
The cheer
competition goes on as Zoe gets a text from Zig wishing her good luck. She
knows she was wrong for screwing Frankie but she’s glad the squad stood by her.
They encourage her to meet up with Zig in the hall.
Ali and
Clare are talking about concessions and how they might have lost more than they
made as Eli shows up asking why she never told him. Clare says she tried but he
called her a whore before she got the chance. He apologizes and tells her he’s
here for her and offers to help, to take her to classes…anything. Clare says he’s
volatile and she can’t trust him.
Miles
needs his dad to listen…he doesn’t want an apology he wants his dad to move
into a hotel and dad tells Miles it’s HIS fault for Frankie’s spiral and Miles
is about to punch his dad but backs down.
Zoe goes
into the drama room to meet up with Zig however the lights go out and she’s
locked in. She reaches for her phone to call for help when a hooded figure
grabs her phone. She’s told that the figure warned her to quit or else…this is
the or else.
Degrassi
is up next… in a pinch they see Becky in the crowd and ask if her leg is better.
Miles is
walking down the hall freaking out looking for the twins and asks Maya if she
saw them. Maya says she’s been working on the sound and Miles asks if she can
give his siblings a note. It’s a goodbye letter because it would be better off
if he leaved town. He hates his dad and knows his family would be better off
without him in town. He picks up a poster for his dads conference and lights it
on fire in anger…the fire catches onto a display and the starts to spread.
The
figure continues to torture Zoe asking why she started Degrassi nudes. Winston
reveals he was the blackmailer and Frankie at least this time was acting as accomplice.
Zoe is about to leave the room but the knob is hot as the fire rages on outside
causing the trio to be trapped.
Power
Cheer does the routine with Becky taking the lead however mid cheer the fire
alarm goes off and the gym is evacuated.
Then we
get to where the season begins…everyone is running down the smoky hallway
looking for Frankie who is locked with Zoe and Winston in the drama room trying
to prevent smoke inhalation while airing their grievances.
The
brothers meet Frankie who was rescued taking her to be checked out. Zig gets to
Zoe and Zoe says she needs to take care of something and Zig and everyone is
better without her. She goes to the cop on site and tells him she has something
to tell him.
Eli shows
up concerned about Clare and the fire and gives her money, a pamphlet about
prenatal programs and his stuffed wolf from his childhood. He’s serious and
wants to be a part of his son’s life. Clare agrees the baby should know his dad
and she admits she could use help.
Daddy
Hollingsworth shows up saying he’s glad that she’s done bailing on
responsibility for the day and has no concern that Frankie almost died. Hunter
admits that she saw how abusive their dad is toward Miles and the siblings
stand their ground saying they will only go home if their mom gets them. Miles
leaves the twins to talk to Maya and thanks her for always believing in him. The
Hollings-sibs then walk off camera to grab a bite to eat and the first half the
season is wrapped up pretty tightly.
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